ON AUGUST 31^ST…

In 1967…Four days after the death of Brian Epstein, The Beatles announced that they would be handling their own managerial affairs.

In 1968…18-year-old Danny Kirwan joined Fleetwood Mac as their third guitarist. He was later fired after recording 1972’s Bare Trees.

In 1969…At the Isle of Wight Festival in Britain, Bob Dylan made his first live appearance since his motorcycle accident. Dylan was paid 38-thousand pounds for his performance.

In 1971…A security guard was stabbed to death during a Who concert in Forest Hills, New York.

In 1971…The Rolling Stones and Brian Jones’ father filed a lawsuit against their first manager Andrew Oldham, citing him for “royalty deprivation.”

In 1974…John Lennon testified that President Richard Nixon tried to have him deported after he joined anti-war demonstrations outside the 1972 Republican National Convention.

In 1974…The Rolling Stones released Goat’s Head Soup. It was not remembered as one of their classics, but on the back of the hit single “Angie,” it went to number one.

In 1976…A judge said George Harrison was guilty of “unconscious plagiarism.” The melody of his hit “My Sweet Lord” was deemed to be a little too close to The Chiffons’ “He’s So Fine.”

In 1988…Julianne Phillips filed for divorce from Bruce Springsteen. “The Boss” had been seeing The E Street Band’s Patti Scialfa, whom he later married.

In 1989…The Rolling Stones kicked off their Steel Wheels tour at Philadelphia’s JFK Stadium.

In 1998…On the verge of launching DavidBowie.com, Bowie hosted several online concerts by performers that included Ani DiFranco and The Jesus & Mary Chain.

In 2003…Elton John, Tim McGraw and Kid Rock played the 100^th birthday celebration of Harley-Davidson in Milwaukee.